Example sentences of "make [adv prt] the shape " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting the light on would be too risky , but the curtains were drawn back and by now their eyes had become accustomed to a darkness in which could be made out the shapes of furniture and smaller objects , a darkness of monochrome and black spaces and faintly gleaming edges . |
| 2 | A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road . |
| 3 | Gradually , almost imperceptibly , the light strengthened and soon he could make out the shape of boats , the mexeflote causeway and the patchwork of woods and fields on the island . |
| 4 | From where she was standing , she could just about make out the shape of Patrick 's cap as he hurried down the back lane . |
| 5 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 6 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |
| 7 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 8 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't see why not , ’ replied Geoffrey , moving through the gloom to a desk on which Loretta could just make out the shape of a lamp . |
| 10 | From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving . |
| 11 | Peering closely at the page , though , he thought he could still make out the shapes of the words , or enough shapes to allow a quick and hostile mind to piece together the whole sentence . |
| 12 | It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs . |
| 13 | The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane . |
| 14 | Carson hoped not , as he made out the shape of something like Liawski 's diaries over by the skirting board of the opposite wall . |
| 15 | They squinted into the sun and made out the shape of a boat near the midstream . |
| 16 | She made out the shape of Caro squatting in the armchair , rigidly still . |
| 17 | The Weasel 's eyes , always at their sharpest in gloom and half-light , made out the shapes of two mounted men and some sort of low beast behind them . |
| 18 | He was looking up the driveway , trying to make out the shape of the house through the trees . |
| 19 | Oh I do hope so , thought Fenella , peering into the forest depths , trying to make out the shapes more clearly . |